Terminally ill woman who will end own life completes bucket list

A terminally ill American woman who has chosen to end her own life next week has ticked off the final item on her bucket list.

Earlier this month 29-year-old cancer victim Brittany Maynard revealed she would consume a lethal amount of prescribed barbiturates so she can die surrounded by close friends and family in her bedroom in Portland, Oregon – a state where assisted suicide is legal.

The California native, who has terminal brain cancer, has been using her predicament to push for a assisted suicide, writing for magazines such as Time and giving interviews to large media organisations.
Now she has completed her bucket list – travelling with her husband and family to the Grand Canyon.

"This week, my family and I travelled to the Grand Canyon, thanks to the kindness of Americans around the country who came forward to make my 'bucket list' dream come true," Mayanard posted on her personal website.

"The Canyon was breathtakingly beautiful, and I was able to enjoy my time with the two things I love most: my family and nature."

Shortly after her wedding last year, Mayanard began suffering severe headaches – later diagnosed as a glioblastoma multiforme – the most severe form of cancer which the average life expectancy of just over a year.
Mayanard was told her death would most likely be slow and painful.

Since her story went viral, she has been working to with life-rights advocacy groups and her own fund.